OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14412100
WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,DROWN,LOST BALANCE,TANK,WATER
Event description
Employee drowns at water treatment plant
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was working at the upper level of a water treatment plant. He needed his ladder and went to a lower level to retrieve it. He lost his footing and fe ll into the internal tank structure of the treatment plant, which contained 15 f t of water. Employee #1 drowned. The areas of the construction site where Employ ee #1 was working was equipped with guardrails.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 37 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 41
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 2
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